Example sentences of "and [pron] [pers pn] [verb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main penalty of recession is unemployment , and what we need is more jobs , not more consumption . |
| 2 | and what they do is all this typical regimented structures and regimented bloody this and that run like the fucking civil service |
| 3 | After two years without having felt a man 's arms around her , she was vulnerable , and what she wanted was any suitably attractive and virile male . |
| 4 | I 've asked him about that and what he said is that er , he was saving up and he was going tax the vehicle as soon he was able to do so but he did n't have the funds and er , to do so at , at that time . |
| 5 | It 's called Totally Pauly , and what you get is this gangling , scarf-draped , tendril-haired , mumbling , stumbling doper addressing the camera — and , by extension , us — as ‘ Bud ’ , accosting strangers on the street , cruising chicks ( ‘ buff nugs ’ , to use his parlance ) on the Strip , or making field trips to beauty pageants , pig farms and rodeos . |
| 6 | and what I found is that one . |
| 7 | ‘ And what I propose is this — that we introduce an additional label into the collection . |
| 8 | But it is a sign nonetheless , and what it signifies is that Eeyore believes he 's out of thistles : simply because he only sighs ( when the subject 's raised ) when he does believe that . |